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Steven Wolf Fine Arts

November 12 - December 23, 2011

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2747 19th Street A San Francisco, CA 94110
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The Book You Said I Never Returned, plus three to five pastorals Pastoral no. 5, 2011, Film Still
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 12, 6-8pm Jonn Herschend will continue experimenting with wayward fictions and unreliable narrators in a multi-media installation at Steven Wolf Fine Arts called The Book You Said I Never Returned, plus three to five pastorals. Based on a long-running episode from the author’s life, or from the life of a character designed by the author, Herschend's installation will attempt to prove that a book which was borrowed – Don Quixote in fact – was actually returned. The installation features paintings of the office where the initial loan was made, photographs of a cubicle where the lender works, a Power Point presentation in which the borrower brings to bear all his powers of persuasion to convince the viewer that the book was definitely returned, and to discuss other problems. And a new film involving an office pastoral. It’s possible after seeing this show you’ll never trust in the veracity of an exhibition again. Discussion of the borrowed book began in Blow Up, a documentary film Herschend made last Spring about an exhibition of his friend Tucker Nichols’ work at Gallery 16 in San Francisco. Halfway through Herschend hijacks the story and puts a reluctant Nichols to work on proving the borrowed book was indeed returned. Regrettably for Herschend nothing gets resolved in the film, which will be screened in public for the first time at the San Francisco Film Society on November 6th, forcing him to continue his argument at Steven Wolf Fine Arts. Jonn Herschend is an artist, experimental publisher and filmmaker. Since receiving his MFA at U.C. Berkley in 2006 he co-founded THE THING Quarterly, an object-based publication that has produced works by Jonathan Lethem, James Franco and Miranda July among others. His videos and installations have been shown at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, PA, Den Frie Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, the San Francisco International Film Festival and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Friday 10:30-5:30 Saturday 11:00-5:00